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High
CVE-2022-24836
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Nokogiri
Vulnerability Description
Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for Ruby. Nokogiri `< v1.13.4` contains an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to detect encoding in HTML documents. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-crjr-9rc5-ghw8
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/e444525ef1634b675cd1cf52d39f4320ef0aecfd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OUPLBUZVM4WPFSXBEP2JS3R6LMKRTLFC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMDCWRQXJQ3TFSETPCEFMQ6RR6ME5UA3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DHCOWMA5PQTIQIMDENA7R2Y5BDYAIYM/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00013.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-29
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00018.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213532
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/23
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Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.13.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 11th, 2022
Last Modified:
September 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H